Questions tagged [star-trek]
A science-fiction franchise, comprising TV series, movies and other media created by Gene Roddenberry.
174
questions
2
votes
0
answers
54
views
When was it first confirmed in canon that the wars that nearly destroyed the Vulcans was fought using high technology weapons?
In the original series (TOS) of Star Trek the audience is told that the Vulcans fought a series of devastating wars that almost destroyed their species, before embracing logic and pacifism.
Very ...
- 2,416
6
votes
2
answers
2k
views
Was the Enterprise 1701-A ever severed from its nacelles?
So I bought a second (third-,... ,seventh?)-hand ArtAsylum Enterprise 1701-A (Wrath of Khan-ish), no battle damage, and I noticed that for some reason it is possible to remove the nacelles from the ...
- 294
0
votes
0
answers
43
views
Was Tenavik hinting towards a solution to Michael's time navigation problem?
In Star Trek: Discovery S2E12, when Tenavik reads from 'The Pillar of the Present', "When the future becomes the past, the present will be unlocked.", was he somehow hinting towards what ...
- 1,002
3
votes
1
answer
231
views
Did Star Trek: Picard casually add the notion of simultaneous Borg Queens?
Star Trek's Everything You Need to Know About the Borg Queen states "Only one Queen exists at any given time".
But a recent episode
How do the Borg accept such a deviation from the norm? ...
- 613
14
votes
2
answers
363
views
Why are there so many clocks on the bridge of the Enterprise in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country?
In Star Trek VI, the bridge of the Enterprise prominently features digital clocks above the viewscreen and all over the bridge. Why?
Time is not relevant to the plot. The Excelsior's bridge does not ...
- 2,028
0
votes
1
answer
137
views
Is there any explanation for why the front/side screens on Star Trek ships show stars going much faster than the rated warp speeds?
In ST:TOS, we see stars slowly come from the front and move to the side as the crew looks forward in normal flight. Even this makes it look like their speed is at least several light years per minute. ...
- 117
4
votes
0
answers
159
views
Is there a time in Star Trek where "bypass the plasma/EPS" relays failed and caused damage to the ship?
I watched this video today by Cathode Ray Dude who made an analogy to real life battle shorts to the fictional plasma/EPS relays that are frequently "bypassed" in the Star Trek TV series as ...
- 141
17
votes
1
answer
3k
views
How are Star Trek medical devices attached to the neck?
In Star Trek Voyager, it happens a few times that a medical device is attached to the neck. For example, in S03E02 "Flashback" at 8:28, the doctor attaches a device to Tuvok's neck. ...
- 557
23
votes
2
answers
5k
views
Did Star Trek: Picard get new writers for Season 2?
The tone, substance, and quality of the second season of Star Trek: Picard seem vastly different than season one. I understand that there are people out there who view this as an improvement, but my ...
- 809
2
votes
2
answers
455
views
How are Star Trek ship explosions produced?
I always wondered how older ship explosions in Star Trek were created. In Star Trek Generations, there's a Bird of Prey exploding (YouTube). It does not look like CGI but more like they blew up an ...
- 557
4
votes
1
answer
240
views
What happened to the knowledge of VGER?
In the first full length Star Trek movie The Motion Picture, Commander Decker assumes the role of The Creator and directly inputs the final code sequence so VGER can transmit its vast amount of ...
- 10.9k
0
votes
3
answers
514
views
What's the meaning behind Khan's firing on the Enterprise as it approaches the Mutara Nebula?
About 80% of the way down in the Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan movie script,
[Reliant bridge]JOACHIM: If they go in there we'll lose them.KHAN: Explain it to them.[Enterprise bridge]SAAVIK: That ...
- 129
26
votes
4
answers
6k
views
Are multiple scenes filmed at the same time?
Are multiple scenes of shows like Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine filmed at the same time?
For example while Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis and Gates McFadden are filming ...
- 361
-6
votes
1
answer
429
views
Is this a real Star Trek episode?
In the Breaking Bad episode "Blood Money", there is a reference to an episode of Star Trek in which Chekhov is killed because his stomach is in space.
Is this a real episode of Star Trek?
- 985
10
votes
3
answers
1k
views
Was there cigarette smoking on "Star Trek (The Original Series)"?
I have seen every episode at least half a dozen times over the decades and I am pretty sure nobody smoked; not even some exotic alien hookah or something.
In the days when cigarette ads were all over ...
- 3,619
6
votes
2
answers
454
views
Is there something special going on with "I've" in regard of Data's inability to use contractions?
I am confused about Data's use of ”I've”.
One of the first things that we learn about Data in TNG is that he cannot use contractions.
“I've” is a contraction, yet I'm pretty certain I've heard him ...
- 469
19
votes
4
answers
18k
views
Why did the original Star Trek change the Enterprise captain?
In the original pilot for Star Trek that aired in 1965, there is mostly different crew for the USS Enterprise which includes the captain being Christopher Pike. When NBC rejected the original pilot ...
- 199
1
vote
0
answers
62
views
Why didn't Rios tell Picard he had been to the Vayt System on the ibn Majid?
When Rios talked to Rafi about what happened on the ibn Majid in Picard season 1, he said they had traveled way out to the Vayt system. Did he not realize what that meant when they agreed to take Soji ...
- 11
6
votes
0
answers
221
views
Why didn't Theodore Bikel appear again as Worf's foster father?
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Family", actor Theodore Bikel appeared as Worf's foster father, and actress Georgia Brown appeared as Worf's foster mother. Later in the series, in the ...
- 1,349
15
votes
2
answers
7k
views
Why isn't "Star Trek: Picard" shot in wide-screen 16:9?
We watch Star Trek: Picard in our film room on a nice modern UHD TV. I just noticed there is a thick black bar top and bottom of screen implying it's shot in a wider, cinematic format.
Is this ...
- 1,114
2
votes
1
answer
2k
views
How long are TV shows typically awaiting airing after completion, Star Trek: Picard in particular?
I'm watching Star Trek: Picard as it comes to air and have just seen a promo for it. The show is obviously presenting a story arc presumably spanning a whole season; judging by the pace of the two ...
- 1,558
2
votes
0
answers
241
views
Of all the shows "TNG" and later, why didn't "DS9" have any slow motion exterior video shots?
On TNG and Voyager, many of the exterior shots of the ships were done in slow motion video frame rates (for those who don't understand what I mean, the same rate as Curb Your Enthusiasm was until like ...
- 739
3
votes
1
answer
231
views
Why did Gul Madred decide to torture Jean-Luc even when he was telling the truth?
In Star Trek: The Next Generation, while he was sedated, Jean-Luc told the truth - that he did not know the Federation's defense plans.
So why did Gul Madred decide to torture him anyway? Was it to ...
- 739
5
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Why does René refer to Picard as his nephew?
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Family, Captain Picard meets his nephew René when he visits his home on Earth. René says,
You're my nephew Jean-Luc.
It is seemingly a joke, though ...
- 8,543
3
votes
0
answers
435
views
Is this sequence in "Star Trek" (2009) a reference to a Hoth sequence from "The Empire Strikes Back"?
In the Kelvenverse timeline, which begins in Star Trek (2009), there is a sequence where alter-Spock attempts to rid himself and the Enterprise crew of alter-James T. Kirk, after getting off to a ...
- 23k
2
votes
1
answer
321
views
In "Descent" why did the renegade Borg retrieve their dead the first time, but in the second attack, they didn't?
In the beginning of the episode "Descent" from Star Trek: The Next Generation, when they fight the Federation on their (Federation's) outpost, they did what Borg usually do with their dead, but in the ...
- 739
3
votes
1
answer
373
views
Why did the Borg ignore the rest of the Enterprise-D?
I understand why they kidnapped Picard, but why did the Borg ignore the rest of the Enterprise-D in the Star Trek TNG episode "The Best of Both Worlds"? Why not assimilate all on the ship? ...
- 739
2
votes
1
answer
463
views
Were the Borg originally their own race, before assimilation started?
Part of what makes the Star Trek TNG episode "I, Borg" so confusing for me is that the Borg in their first episode, "Q Who", seemed like their own species. Half robot, half biological entity race. ...
- 739
14
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Did Picard get in trouble when he was in command of the Stargazer and lost his ship?
I always wondered if the gap between his time as Captain of the Stargazer and Captain of the Enterprise was because he was barred from captaincy.
- 739
1
vote
2
answers
848
views
How did Klingons go from being an evil, arrogant, aggressive race to their current portrayal as honorable?
In TOS, they were total smug jerks who, if they wanted to oppress you, they did it, and showed no regard for anyone. They thought they were superior to the Federation and Romulans.
Yet by 1987, they ...
- 739
4
votes
0
answers
468
views
Why did "Star Trek: The Next Generation" become more militaristic in later seasons?
I always wondered why Star Trek: The Next Generation took a formula of being militaristic (and the scores got more militaristic too) in later seasons?
I'm thinking "Best of Both Worlds" and "The ...
- 739
7
votes
2
answers
366
views
Why did "Star Trek" shift, as a franchise, from being a NBC thing (1960s) to being first-run syndicated (and eventually UPN) in its revival?
I always wondered why a show associated with CBS these days, was originally on NBC, in its original 1960s Broadcast.
And why TNG, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager ended up on syndicated (for the first two)...
- 739
0
votes
2
answers
265
views
Was Geordi's VISOR ever spelled lower-case in "Star Trek: TNG" scripts?
Reference materials for Star Trek spell the visual aide used by character Geordi LaForge as the acronym VISOR, instead of the word visor. Was this also the case in the scripts for the television show?...
- 1,349
-1
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Why are Borg ships kept so hot?
In the Star Trek movie First Contact, Jean-Luc Picard mentions something about the environment on deck 16 being like a Borg ship. Lt Worf states the temperature as 39.1 degrees Celsius (102.38 deg F) ...
user36891
4
votes
2
answers
819
views
Was this miniature in "Requiem for Methuselah" ever used to portray the Enterprise in space?
In the Star Trek: TOS episode "Requiem for Methuselah", the title character shrinks the Enterprise. You can see Kirk inspecting this miniature Enterprise on a table:
Was this particular prop ever ...
- 1,349
6
votes
1
answer
7k
views
Why did costumes change style in Deep Space Nine?
In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Rapture", the outfits of the crew changed from colour to grey with a little colour underneath. Why did the outfits change?
10
votes
2
answers
1k
views
Why was Grace Lee Whitney so highly billed in Star Trek TOS?
Actress Grace Lee Whitney appeared in eight early episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series as Yeoman Janice Rand. The casts of these episodes (in the order that they are billed on-screen) are given ...
- 1,349
3
votes
1
answer
396
views
Is Control in Star Trek: Discovery being used as an easter egg?
So, I just watched the Star Trek: Discovery episode "Perpetual Infinity" (S02E11). Control is a pure mechanical AI. But I had a suspicion.
When Control took over Leland's body, the scene seemed to ...
- 4,879
3
votes
3
answers
4k
views
Why is Seven of Nine called Seven of Nine?
I'm pretty sure there's a lot more than nine Borgs, and probably quite a few that have groups of nine entities.
Is there any in-universe description of how Star Trek: Voyager's Seven of Nine gained ...
user43022
4
votes
1
answer
361
views
What happened to Terran Michael Burnham?
What happened to the Terran version of Michael Burnham in Star Trek: Discovery? The emperor seemed to believe that she could be alive.
- 231
1
vote
1
answer
495
views
Watching guide for DS9
This may be somewhat too subjective a question, but I'll try anyways.
I'm not a trekkie, but I do like me some Star Trek. I'm most familiar with TNG and Voyager.
I want to like DS9, and there are ...
- 409
1
vote
2
answers
563
views
Why do the Klingons jump between Klingon and English?
In Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, many of the scenes on the Klingon bird of prey jump between Klingon and English in the same scene, with no non-klingon characters in the scene.
Is there any ...
- 113
81
votes
14
answers
19k
views
Are there any indications why Roddenberry chose to make Star Trek a "battleship universe"?
Star Trek focuses on large, slow (in local space, anyway) ships which behave like battleships.
As a counter-example, Battlestar Galactica was in an "aircraft carrier universe", where the big ships ...
- 923
3
votes
1
answer
395
views
Does Starfleet have the ability to let men carry babies?
In Star Trek Voyager “Friendship One” (season 7, episode 21), a heavily pregnant Torres and Paris are arguing about her going down to an irradiated planet. Paris does not want her to go because she is ...
4
votes
0
answers
1k
views
Why was Roberto "Bob" Orci fired from "Star Trek Beyond"?
Roberto Bob Orci is an execute producer and writer, whom previously co-wrote with Alexander Kurtzman for their K/O Paper Products Production Company and often collaborated with JJ Abrams/Bad Robot ...
- 23k
1
vote
2
answers
887
views
Who designed the original Star Trek's communicator? [closed]
The communicator in the original Star Trek TV series is very similar in design to a flip phone? Was there product development done for the communicator before it was made? Who designed and created the ...
- 1
7
votes
2
answers
889
views
Are there any male actors written out of a "Star Trek" series?
I can only think of two main cast members who were written out of a Star Trek series. That includes Tasha Yar of ST:TNG, and Kes of Voyager who were both female.
Wesley Crusher's role in ST:TNG was ...
- 12.3k
2
votes
1
answer
352
views
Does Captain Tracey (Star Trek "The Omega Glory") resemble a figure from American history?
In the Star Trek episode "Whom Gods Destroy" (1969), I consider the character Garth a George Washington figure (whether consciously intended or not). He was a great military leader; also, his "...
2
votes
1
answer
580
views
Filming locations for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
IMDB lists numerous filming locations for various scenes in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Not explicitly listed are scenes set aboard the USS Enterprise (the aircraft carrier CVN 65). Of specific ...
- 1,558
6
votes
3
answers
1k
views
Why did Spock and McCoy lie about not watching Kirk's final message in "The Tholian Web?"
Something I've never been able to puzzle out an in-universe reason for....
In the course of the episode "The Tholian Web," Capt. Kirk disappears in an 'interphase' event, along with the ill-fated USS ...
- 183